IC81539: PCOM: MEMORY OVERFLOW / LEAK

Personal Communications 6.0.8
Personal Communications 6.0.9
Personal Communications 6.0.10
Personal Communications 6.0.11
Personal Communications 6.0.12
Personal Communications 6.0.13
Personal Communications 6.0.15

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• Memory overflow/leak
  

Local fix

Problem summary

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  * USERS AFFECTED: All users                                    *
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  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: Memory overflow can occur reading a     *
  *                      long "profile" description from the     *
  *                      WS file                                 *
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  * RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
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  While providing a very long description to the "profile"
  keyword of the WS file, memory overflow occurs with PCOMM.
  

Problem conclusion

• PCSPREF.DLL has been changed to use a specific API call to read
  only the number of bytes required to access the "profile" data
  from the session WS file.
  
  Fix scheduled for PCOM 5.9.8 Refresh Pack
  Fix scheduled for PCOM 6.0.8 Refresh Pack
  

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

• APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

• APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

  IC95013 IP23588

Modules/Macros

• PCSPREF
  

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  PCOMM V5 COMBO-

• Fixed component ID

  5639I7000

Applicable component levels

• R590 PSY

     UP

• R601 PSY

     UP